Primerus Xpress eNewsletter – May

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Immigration

Switzerland: Assignment-Related Expenses

By: Elénore Gallopin

Suter Howald Rechtsanwälte– Zurich, Switzerland

The Swiss Federal Council just adopted several modifications of laws and ordinances in the field of immigration. In particular, one amendment is of importance for foreign service providers as it concerns the obligation to reimburse assignment-related expenses to the employees assigned to Switzerland.

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Trusts & Estates

Estate Administration Mistakes to Avoid

By: Andrew Bullard

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, LLP –Raleigh, North Carolina

If you have been named or appointed as the personal representative (also sometimes called “executor” or “administrator”) for a loved one’s estate, it is important to understand the responsibilities the role entails.

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Wills

Who Gets What When There Isn’t a Will?

Thomas & Libowitz, P.A. – Baltimore, Maryland

Maryland has always had laws in place to dictate what happens to someone’s estate when they die without a Last Will and Testament. In the last year one of those laws has changed slightly, specifically Senate Bill 317 was enacted on October 1, 2019.

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Labor & Employment

South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission to Reactivate Fines for Reports and Forms on May 1, 2020

By: Jenny Newman

Collins & Lacy, P.C.– Columbia, South Carolina

As of May 1, 2020, the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission will begin to issue fines for reports and forms not timely filed by their respective due date.The Commission briefly suspended issuing fines at the end of November 2019 during the implementation of KERMIT.

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Real Estate